SilkRoad - Free MMORPG

[Apostle]

This has been around for a while, but I've never seen it posted and I did a serach and came up with nothing. I'm not even sure if it qualifies as a good deal, but compared to the $40 for WOW and the monthly fee to play I think free SRO rocks:

http://www.silkroadonline.net/dataroom/download.asp

 

[mb]

Looks interesting. Dl'ing now, will try playing later.

 

[gfunk4698844]

IT's a pretty fun game, I play it, but it's only really fun after you get higher levels...

 

[Thump553]

I tried it last spring but gave up because it's servers were hopelessly overloaded. Maybe it has improved since, but it was a frustrating mess then.

 

[trevor0323]

this looks sweet, hope its playable now!

 

[Krazy4Real]

hmm.. i'll check it out when i get home.

 

[Schadenfroh]

That is a huge load of views for a game that has been around for a long time...... I guess some people are just now discovering it. Good for them, but there are hardly any good MMOs that are not free, let alone free.

 

[Thump553]

Anarchy Online basic campaign is free and fairly decent. You can spend hours at it, either coop or single player online.

 

[pontifex]

it sucks. its another grindfest korean mmo.

 

[God Mode]

Thanks. These grindfest mmos are the next generation spades/minesweeper for mom and co.

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: pontifex
it sucks. its another grindfest korean mmo.

agreed

 

[roemer21]

Looks like a good time. For a free MMORPG the screenshots really don't look that bad at all. I will put it on my list of things to check out... just started playing EVE online though, so yeah Check it out here, it's a pretty sweet MMO with unlimited possibilities and playing time it seems to me. ENJOY!

http://www.eve-online.com/

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

I like Silkroad alot, just wish I could get on on the weekends, always at capacity. I'd happily pay $5/month just to guarantee that I could login.

 

[tvdang7]

i played alot. its a GREAT free game and the graphics between this and wow are like CSS vs 1.6. good game. keeps changing so i havent kept up but yea. if u have alot of friends this gets fun .ive had countless nights yelling for assistance(we all in ventrilo) cuz thieves are coming after me very entertaining.

 

[John P]

While you guys are at it - could somebody please give me the lowdown on "Runescape". My son keeps saying a bunch of his friends at school play it. Is it better or worse than this "Silk Road"?

Just wondering, thanks.

 

[uhohs]

wow is $20, the expansion is $40.

 

[roemer21]

Originally posted by: John P.
While you guys are at it - could somebody please give me the lowdown on "Runescape". My son keeps saying a bunch of his friends at school play it. Is it better or worse than this "Silk Road"?

Just wondering, thanks.

Runescape uses a more "old school" engine which is completely different from Silkroad. Same type of gameplay in some areas as far as the RPG thing goes, but Silkroad is simply newer. It depends on what you are looking for in this case. Runescape, imo, is for a younger audience now, as many players on it are ages 8-14. So, it's really what you're looking for.

 

[firebyyrd]

haha silkroad!

:] great game.

 

[iseestars]

Don't forget Rappelz guys

Another great FREE MMORPG!

 

[duzytata]

Originally posted by: iseestars
Don't forget Rappelz guys

Another great FREE MMORPG!

Rappelz looked good, but didn't run very well on Vista. They just patched the game for it so I'll try it out again in a few months. Silkroad works pretty well, although the crappy nVidia drivers are hutting me. I should be able to play the game on max detail with my 7900GT.

 

[hifi]

oh my god, nudity in the official trailer! im getting this game for sure.
http://joymaxfull.nefficient.com/joymax/SRO_Movie/SRO_Mov_Trailer.zip

 

[ViviTheMage]

i hate this game -_-


there are so many free mmorpgs out there...they are all same crapolla though!

I am waiting for the Ept2 to come out .

 

[Apostle]

Originally posted by: Thump553
I tried it last spring but gave up because it's servers were hopelessly overloaded. Maybe it has improved since, but it was a frustrating mess then.

I was the same way, and stopped playing for about 5 months, but sinces I've started backup there are several more servers and less traffic. The only time I have any trouble getting on is on a saturday afternoon. Your best bet is to have characters on a few different servers so If one is busy you can try the others.

 

[Ricemarine]

This game, although it has pretty nice graphics, levelling up is a PITA... It took me about a month to reach level 23...

The black/white tigers, ohh the agony...
I gave up after lvl 23 .

 

[mercanucaribe]

Free MMOs always suck, and considering how many hours you play an MMO, $40 + $10-15 a month is very little money.